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" In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing, and so I think other men did their children : he taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms as divers other... "
Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ... - Page 464
by George Burnett - 1807
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The sermons of ... Hugh Latimer ... many of which were ... on the ..., Volume 1

Hugh Latimer (bp. of Worcester.) - 1758 - 568 pages
...moot, as to learn me any other thing ; and fo I think other men did their children : he taught me hoyir to draw, how to lay my body in my bow, and not to draw with ftrength of arms, as divers other nations do, but with ftrength of the body : I had my bows bought...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 1

George Burnett - 1807 - 508 pages
...|ime my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing, and so I think other men did their children : he taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in rny bow, and not to draw with strength of arms as divers other nations do, but with strength of the...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature

1808 - 606 pages
...this did he of the iaid farm. Where he that now hath it, payeth l6l. by the year, er more, and is n<>t able to do any thing for his prince, for himself,...other nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength ; as 1 increased in them, so my bows were made...
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The lives of reformers, Volume 1

William Gilpin - 1809 - 546 pages
...time, my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing; jind so I think other men did their children. He taught me how to draw, how to lay my frody in my bow, and to draw not with strength of arm, as other nations do, but with strength of body....
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 1

James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 454 pages
...continued, " my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing ; and so, I think, other men did their children. He taught me...my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms, as other nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength....
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to ...

James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 440 pages
...continued, " my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing ; and so, I think, other men did their children. He taught me...my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms, as other nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength....
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The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, and Constant ..., Volume 1

Hugh Latimer - 1824 - 478 pages
...time, my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing; and so I think other men did their children: he taught me how to draw, howto lay my body in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms, as divers other nations do, but...
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The New sporting magazine, Volume 55

1868 - 520 pages
...prelate, " my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing, and so I think other men did their children. He taught me how...my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms, as other nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength...
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Hugh Latimer - 1832 - 354 pages
...time, my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing ; and so I think other men did their children. He taught me how...other nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me, according to my age and strength ; as I increased in them, so my bows were made...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Latimer's Sermons

1832 - 352 pages
...time, my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing ; and so I think other men did their children. He taught me how...other nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me, according to my age and strength ; as I increased in them, so my bows were made...
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